Thomas

started a topic
about 1 year ago

Rapid Scan Technology

I have a file server that has is incredibly large and I've been running into some ridiculous full scan times of almost 2 full days. I was going to try switching RapidScan on to reduce the amount of time that vipre spends scanning.

Before I go ahead and enable that, I wanted to ask how rapid scan actually works. I know that it caches files that are known to be good and doesn't scan them a second time. But my concern is, will this really make that much of a difference in the scan time? How long is it before those cached files get scanned again? Is it only when those files are "touched"? If I have almost 1.5TB of files, will it cache most of them, and then one day release them from the cache all at once to scan again?

As you can see i have many questions. I'm just trying to determine if this will actually fix my issue. Otherwise I will have to come up with something entirely different.

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Nicholas Harris

said
about 1 year ago

Thomas,

RapidScan works by allowing VIPRE to pass over files that have not been touched since VIPRE last performed a scan. This can make a huge difference, especially if you have a high scan frequency. Scans that run daily would essentially only scan the files that were opened or accessed in the last 24 hours, for example.

It will not "reset" and re-scan all of the files unless VIPRE's data is removed from the system. VIPRE keeps a data file of the items RapidScan is passing over and the files will eventually be re-scanned over time, even if they are not touched, but that does not happen all at once.

I would highly recommend enabling RapidScan and checking out how much the scan times change and see if it works for you. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Thomas

said
about 1 year ago

Sounds like it's a good solution to our issue.

I do have one more question though. You said that those items that RapidScan is passing over will eventually be re-scanned. Is there a set amount of time that occurs after? How does Vipre determine when a file needs to be re-scanned, even if it hasn't been touched?

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Nicholas Harris

said
about 1 year ago

Thomas,

After consulting our dev team, it's best we keep that info under wraps to avoid any exploitation but the files will be re-scanned. This should not impact your application of RapidScan.